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Any additional weight and drag, will impact the flight performance, that's why fighters eject their fuel tanks, before entering air combats for example. The solution for that is, either freing weapon stations, by using CFTs instead of wing fuel tanks, or adding more weapon stations. P.S. PAFs...

The importance of that configuration with a twin pylon is not the number of missiles, but the fact that it still allows to carry 2 fuel tanks for enough endurance in CAP missions. You can see the current config with 2 fuel tanks + 2 bvr missiles on the pics in the background, so of course...

Not really, F2s are re- designed varient of F16s, with different / larger wings, that's not the case for JF17 B3, nor has that anything to do with the AESA radar, which we were talking about.

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Not really, because weight increase does not require design changes of the fighter, not to mention that the new radars are build with the available space in mind, depending on the fighter. A J10 can use the same radar as JF17, or J16, but all of them will have it in different sizes depending on...

More radar infos, but not really sure if they also are JF17 related

Do they have to? You don't need to change the design to integrate a radar or an IFR probe.

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Indian forces are worried about a 2 front scenario for quiet some time and also about the increased capabilities of our enemies, it's the political side, that can't or won't keep up with the demand. And I didn't stated irrelevant facts, but made you understand how AWACS cab benefit a force, if...

I am stating facts, that you can't properly counter and don't like, but that doesn't make it less true. And if you had properly read anything I wrote, then you would have understand, that the fighter as such is not advanced at all, but that it's more capable that restricted PAF F16s and that the...

Instead of making silly replies in bold letters, you only needed to take a minute to think about it and you would had found the answer on your own. First of all, IFF is not a radar mode Secondly, it only helps to keep track of your own aircrafts, it doesn't help you to distinguish a target on...

Or you simply don't understand how AWACS works. Let's say you have a property with 4 sides. The front side is guarded by a well trained men, who makes a round to check on all sides once every hour. But the problem is, he can't watch over all 4 sides of the at the same time, which is why you...

As I said before, Indian pilots are comparing the handling and not the capability of the fighter and even if you make a little effort to inform yourself about the performance, or weapon capability of the M2K, you would understand how silly this comparison is. Even MK1A will be inferior to the...

But that's only how it works in forum comparisons. In real war scenarios, your radar doesn't show JF17, F16, or MKI in the display, but nothing but a dot. So you can't pick and choose which enemy you fight, just as modern air combat is not limited to 1 on 1 fighter combats anymore. Modern air...

And that's it! Can you win an air combat without missiles and guns? NO Does FBW give you superior flight performance and manuverability? NO FBW only makes it easier to fly, compared to older gen fighters, but even a Mig 21 Bison today is better than LCA IOC as an air defence fighter, because it...

The RD93 is based on the RD33 series 3, the same engines that IAF uses in the upgraded Mig 29. The Russians already offer an uprated RD93, which is based on the RD33MK, the engine of INs Mig 29K/Mig 35. So even if China wouldn't come up with an own engine, they already have an alternative...

Nonsense, as explained because PLAAF like most advanced air forces don't use light class fighters. In fact only IAF has the light/medium/heavy mix. Based on what? You need to keep in mind that PAF has downgraded F16s, while JF17 even in the block 2 offers more capabilities than their B52s. -...

=> http://pena-abad.blogspot.de/2010/06/pakistan-begins-domestic-fighter.html?m=1 There was a more recent picture of the systems posted on IDF last year, need to look it up when I have time. Don't let bias guide your opinion and stick to facts.

Just as JF 17 got indigenous avionics and custom weapons as well. If they could afford it and had less import restrictions, they would had gone for more western stuff too (French EW and MICA, just as Chobham refueling systems were offered too) and if their industry were at out level, they also...

Nope, it's a game changer in operational and industrial capability and they basically got the same deal as we initially got from the Russians for FGFA. - Joint development and funding of an own version - industrial know how and benefits from exports - freedom of customization - integration of...